OUR LETTER BOX.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 29, 4 February 1904, Page 4

OUR LETTER BOX.

(We are at all times willing to publish correspondence on matters of public interest, but it must be distinctly understood that we are not identified with the letters of our correspondents.—Ed. Daily News.) Ol'H CITY FATHERS AND THE SABBATH. (To the Editor). Sir,—Your local of this morning 'does not betray the exact knowledge of the Decalogue w should exjx'ct from a lea'der t>i the people, and makes one the lens inclined to accept live principle enunciated. As to the particular works mentioned, | opinions may well vary as to the n-e- ! cessity winch existed for their being cx«.-ciited on what svjould be, as l'ai as practicable, the universal day of rest. There can, .however, scarcely be two opinions on the fact that much that obtains on the Sabbath in our community can come neither under the head of necessity nor mercy, and I sho.ild like to suggest that tho.so who mould public opinion (the writers in our naj«-rs for instance) miWlvl u'-li be a little careful how the\ tu-at what is after all a matter oi moment to the community. My own feeling is that we are all too lax in this matter, amd that uiuder one )>lua or another we are fast obliterating the distinctive marks of an institution ulMch it would be in our interest to carefully conserve. What with the number, of apparently legitimate exceptions ami the hazy feeling of so many as to tihe obligations of tikis day, we are in imminent tlaJVger of losing our Day of Rest. iVrhups it would be well to re-cor.ulvler our position Inrfore it be too late.—l' atu. etc., ANTI-STIUIT LACE. Feb. ii, 1904. (The en or in designating the commandment is admitted ; but "AntiStrait Lace" may be reassured when we say the mistake was not due to absolute ignorance on tire jrart of the staff. Tliere are many ways in which a mistake may pass unnoticed in a i.owKpajrer ollire. But if the the error notwithstanding, toaw the effect of inducing a cun&a-dci aiion by the Borough Council of the necessity or otherwise of the works menticirad, then its object will hv. 1 at'li'ievi«d. —Lvd. News.)